Permissions problem with a disk

My iMac's HD has 2 partitions, Macintosh HD and another one called Backups HD.
If I copy files to the root of Backups HD it's fine, but if I try to add any files to any of the folders on the disk it asks me to authenticate and I have to enter my username and password every time.
I've done 'Get Info' on the disk and all the top level folders on the disk, and all the permissions are the same:
Jono (me): Read & Write
staff: Read & Write
everyone: Read only
Any ideas why I need to authenticate every time I add files?

JonoH wrote:
Thanks a lot, that worked!
I didn't realise you couldn't simply copy files over from the Time Machine backup, I'll make sure I don't do that in the future.
So after erasing OS X and reinstalling I should set the disk back up again in Time Machine and then restore files from within the TM UI. Is that correct?
not quite sure what you mean by this. why are you doing an erase and install? but yes, restoring files from TM should be ONLY done from TM interface.
Thanks a lit for the help again

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Eric,
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Thanks for the tip. Once the other user vacated their Mac last night I ran the commands but...
Unfortunately, I still seem to be having issues with files being 'read only' on the Leopard machine. If I send a file from the Snow Leopard Mac to the Leopard Mac's drop box, it shows up with what looks like read/write access for 'nobody', 'everyone' and 'unknown user', but if I open the file, work on it and try to save via an app's save dialog, it says the file is Read-only. In the words of t'internet: W T F?
I ran your commands on the Snow Leopard machine too, and curiously, if I send a file from the Leopard machine to the Snow's Drop box, I CAN read and write to the file.
One thing that troubles me is that My User name is now listed TWICE in the list of permissions I get (My User Name): Custom Access and (My User Name) Read/Write. That seems odd.
no, that's normal. this happens because of the ACLs.
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I created a fresh user account on my Snow Leopard Machine to see what the default permissions should be and I get other entries in the permissions list that aren't present on either of the two Machine's main user accounts. Users such as 'Staff', for example. Frankly, I'm lost.
I've read somewhere that there could be permissions problems on machines where user accounts have been upgraded from Tiger to Leopard as is the case with one of the machines in question.
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I've also read that I can do a complete reset of ACLs by using the Reset Password utility on the Leopard installer DVD. Would this be worth a go, and could it cause more problems if it doesn't work?
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Message Edited by mowax on 02-Dec-2009 02:39 PM
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